³ My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.

¹³ But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.

⁴ Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

⁵ Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

⁶ It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

²⁹ He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

⁸ But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.

¹⁶ But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.

¹³ Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.

³² He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

² With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

² Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

⁵ For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

⁷ Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

⁵ Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

⁹ And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

¹⁸ For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

¹² Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

⁴² Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

⁹ The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

¹¹ I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.

⁸ The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

¹² As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

²⁵ But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

¹⁴ Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.